N-CSR 1 ar123108cmp_crf.htm ANNUAL REPORT

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D. C. 20549

 

FORM N-CSR

 

Investment Company Act file number

811-06073

 

Cash Management Portfolio

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

345 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10154-0004

(Address of principal executive offices)             (Zip code)

 

Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code: (212) 454-7190

 

Paul Schubert

345 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10154-0004

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

 

Date of fiscal year end:

12/31

 

Date of reporting period:

12/31/08

 

 

ITEM 1.           REPORT TO STOCKHOLDERS

 


 

ANNUAL REPORT TO SHAREHOLDERS

Cash Reserve Fund

Prime Series

December 31, 2008

 

 

 

 

Contents

Cash Reserve Fund — Prime Series

3 Portfolio Management Review

7 Information About Your Fund's Expenses

9 Portfolio Summary

10 Financial Statements

13 Financial Highlights

15 Notes to Financial Statements

23 Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

24 Tax Information

25 Board Members and Officers

Cash Management Portfolio

31 Investment Portfolio

39 Financial Statements

42 Financial Highlights

43 Notes to Financial Statements

47 Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

48 Other Information

49 Investment Management Agreement Approval

54 Summary of Management Fee Evaluation by Independent Fee Consultant

59 Summary of Administrative Fee Evaluation by Independent Fee Consultant

This report must be preceded or accompanied by a prospectus. To obtain a prospectus for any of our funds, please call (800) 730-1313 or visit www.dws-investments.com. We advise you to consider the fund's objectives, risks, charges and expenses carefully before investing. The prospectus contains this and other important information about the fund. Please read the prospectus carefully before you invest.

An investment in this fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. Although the fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it is possible to lose money by investing in the fund. Please read this fund's prospectus for specific details regarding its risk profile.

DWS Investments is part of Deutsche Bank's Asset Management division and, within the US, represents the retail asset management activities of Deutsche Bank AG, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc. and DWS Trust Company.

NOT FDIC/NCUA INSURED NO BANK GUARANTEE MAY LOSE VALUE NOT A DEPOSIT NOT INSURED BY ANY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGENCY

Portfolio Management Review

Cash Reserve Fund: A Team Approach to Investing

Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc. (``DIMA'' or the ``Advisor''), which is part of Deutsche Asset Management, is the investment advisor for Cash Management Portfolio (the ``Portfolio''), in which the fund invests all of its assets. DIMA and its predecessors have more than 80 years of experience managing mutual funds and DIMA provides a full range of investment advisory services to institutional and retail clients.

Deutsche Asset Management is a global asset management organization that offers a wide range of investing expertise and resources. This well-resourced global investment platform brings together a wide variety of experience and investment insight across industries, regions, asset classes and investing styles.

DIMA is an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Deutsche Bank AG. Deutsche Bank AG is a major global banking institution that is engaged in a wide range of financial services, including investment management, mutual funds, retail, private and commercial banking, investment banking and insurance.

A group of investment professionals is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Portfolio. These investment professionals have a broad range of experience managing money market funds.

In the following interview, the portfolio management team discusses the market environment and the team's approach to managing Cash Reserve Fund — Prime Series during its most recent annual period ended December 31, 2008.

The views expressed in the following discussion reflect those of the portfolio management team only through the end of the period of the report as stated on the cover. The management team's views are subject to change at any time based on market and other conditions and should not be construed as a recommendation. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current and future portfolio holdings are subject to risk.

Q: Will you discuss the market environment for the fund during the most recent annual period?

A: Over the past 12 months we witnessed unprecedented and earthshaking events in the money markets as well as in financial markets worldwide. The massive credit crunch that originated with problems in the US subprime mortgage market as well as securitized mortgages eventually brought down several major financial firms, and transformed Wall Street. Among other unprecedented actions, the US government placed Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) in conservatorship of a newly-created independent regulator, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, and injected billions into the banking system through the Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP).

Within the money market fund industry, major losses caused by the liquidity squeeze and the collapse of Lehman Brothers forced one money fund's share price to drop below $1 and another money fund to close. In the general "flight to quality" that ensued — amid a market atmosphere of heightened uncertainty over perceived credit quality — demand for short-term Treasury securities reached overwhelming levels at several points during 2008; investors prized safety over all other considerations, including yield.1 In response to the freeze-up in money market liquidity, the US Federal Reserve Board (the Fed) created new lending facilities for commercial paper, asset-backed commercial paper and the money markets.2 By the end of the fourth quarter, some degree of normalcy seemed to have been restored to the short-term credit markets in response to government actions. However, many investors clung to a flight-to-quality stance in light of rising unemployment, trouble for US automakers, the need for more Wall Street bailouts, and concern that the recession and problems in the housing market could go on for some time. By year end the Fed had reduced short-term interest rates to a target between 0% and 0.25%, saying that it would now expand its balance sheet in an attempt to stimulate the financial markets.

1 Credit quality is a measure of a bond issuer's ability to repay interest and principal in a timely manner. Rating agencies assign letter designations such as AAA, AA and so forth. The lower the rating, the higher the probability of default.
2 Lending Facility -— In their search for answers to the financial crisis and credit crunch, US Federal Reserve Board (the Fed) officials have created a series of lending facilities to try to restore liquidity within the financial system and prompt large financial institutions to resume lending to one another at more accustomed levels. The first such facility the Fed created was the Term Securities Lending Facility (TSLF), where the Fed agreed to lend up to $200 billion of Treasury securities to primary dealers secured by a pledge of other securities. This lending by the Fed was meant to, in turn, prompt further lending by its borrowers. Since then the Fed has set up commercial paper and asset-backed commercial paper lending facilities to perform similar liquidity operations in those areas of the credit market.

As of December 31, 2008, the three-month LIBOR, an industry standard for measuring three-month taxable money market rates, stood at 1.43%, compared with 4.70% as of December 31, 2007.3

3 LIBOR, or the London Interbank Offered Rate, is the most widely used benchmark or reference rate for short-term interest rates. LIBOR is the rate of interest at which banks borrow funds from other banks, in large volume, in the international market.

Q: In light of market conditions during the period, what has been the strategy for the fund?

A: Given the difficult situation throughout the investment markets, and understanding that the credit crunch would not be a short-term phenomenon, our strategy for the fund during the earlier part of 2008 was to emphasize liquidity and high credit quality while looking for ways to maximize yield potential when opportunities presented themselves. In mid-September, when conditions in the money markets worsened drastically, we enacted a significantly more defensive strategy, holding more overnight securities in the form of repurchase agreements. We also purchased Treasury and agency instruments as well as corporate commercial paper in seeking the highest-quality portfolio given the extremely difficult market conditions. As conditions ease, we may look to extend maturity cautiously.

Performance is historical and does not guarantee future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted.

7-Day Current Yield — Prime Shares

 

December 31, 2008

1.33%*

December 31, 2007

4.56%*

* The investment advisor has agreed to waive fees/reimburse expenses. Without such fee waivers/expense reimbursements the 7-day current yield would have been 1.29% as of December 31, 2008 and 4.49% as of December 31, 2007.

7-Day Current Yield — Prime Institutional Shares

 

December 31, 2008

1.15%**

December 31, 2007

4.92%**

** The investment advisor has agreed to waive fees/reimburse expenses. Without such fee waivers/expense reimbursements the 7-day current yield would have been 1.11% as of December 31, 2008 and 4.85% as of December 31, 2007.

Yields are historical, will fluctuate and do not guarantee future performance. The 7-day current yield refers to the income paid by the portfolio over a 7-day period expressed as an annual percentage rate of the fund's shares outstanding. Please visit our Web site at www.moneyfunds.deam-us.db.com for the product's most recent month-end performance.

Q: What detracted from performance during the period?

A: The types of securities in which the fund was investing tended to have lower yields than issues carrying more risk. We preferred to be cautious during this time of significant market turbulence. In the end this cost the fund some yield, but we believe that this represented a prudent approach to preserving principal.

Q: Will you describe your investment philosophy?

A: We continue to insist on the highest credit quality within the fund. We continue to apply a careful approach to investing on behalf of the fund and to seek competitive yield for shareholders.

Information About Your Fund's Expenses

As an investor of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: ongoing expenses and transaction costs. Ongoing expenses include management fees and other Fund expenses. Examples of transaction costs include account maintenance fees, which are not shown in this section. The following tables are intended to help you understand your ongoing expenses (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to help you compare these expenses with the ongoing expenses of investing in other mutual funds. In the most recent six-month period, the Fund limited these expenses; had it not done so, expenses would have been higher. The example in the table is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the six-month period and held for the entire period (July 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008).

The tables illustrate your Fund's expenses in two ways:

Actual Fund Return. This helps you estimate the actual dollar amount of ongoing expenses (but not transaction costs) paid on a $1,000 investment in the Fund using the Fund's actual return during the period. To estimate the expenses you paid over the period, simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the "Expenses Paid per $1,000" line under the share class you hold.

Hypothetical 5% Fund Return. This helps you to compare your Fund's ongoing expenses (but not transaction costs) with those of other mutual funds using the Fund's actual expense ratio and a hypothetical rate of return of 5% per year before expenses. Examples using a 5% hypothetical fund return may be found in the shareholder reports of other mutual funds. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period.

Please note that the expenses shown in these tables are meant to highlight your ongoing expenses only and do not reflect any transaction costs. The "Expenses Paid per $1,000" line of the tables is useful in comparing ongoing expenses only and will not help you determine the relative total expense of owning different funds. If these transaction costs had been included, your costs would have been higher.

Expenses and Value of a $1,000 Investment
for the six months ended December 31, 2008

Actual Fund Return*

Prime Shares

Prime Institutional Shares

Beginning Account Value 7/1/08

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,000.00

Ending Account Value 12/31/08

$ 1,008.50

$ 1,010.40

Expenses Paid per $1,000**

$ 3.23

$ 1.31

Hypothetical 5% Fund Return*

Prime Shares

Prime Institutional Shares

Beginning Account Value 7/1/08

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,000.00

Ending Account Value 12/31/08

$ 1,021.92

$ 1,023.83

Expenses Paid per $1,000**

$ 3.25

$ 1.32

* Expenses include amounts allocated proportionally from the master portfolio.
** Expenses are equal to the Fund's annualized expense ratio for each share class, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent six-month period, then divided by 366.

Annualized Expense Ratios

Prime Shares

Prime Institutional Shares

Cash Reserve Fund Prime Series

.64%

.26%

For more information, please refer to the Fund's prospectus.

Portfolio Summary

Asset Allocation (As a % of Investment Portfolio)

12/31/08

12/31/07

 

 

 

Commercial Paper

42%

48%

Certificates of Deposit and Bank Notes

21%

13%

Time Deposits

13%

2%

Short-Term Notes

11%

25%

Repurchase Agreements

10%

1%

Government & Agency Obligations

2%

7%

Municipal Bonds and Notes

1%

Master Notes

3%

Asset-Backed

1%

 

100%

100%

Weighted Average Maturity

 

 

 

 

 

Cash Reserves Fund, Inc. — Prime Series

47 days

47 days

iMoneyNet First Tier Retail Money Fund Average*

42 days

41 days

* The Funds are compared to their respective iMoneyNet category: First Tier Retail Money Funds Average — Category includes a widely recognized composite of money market funds that invest in only first tier (highest rating) securities. Portfolio holdings of First Tier funds include US Treasury, US Other, Repos, Time Deposits, Domestic Bank Obligations, Foreign Bank Obligations, First Tier Commercial Paper, Floating Rate Notes and Asset Backed Commercial Paper.

Asset allocation and weighted average maturity are subject to change. For more complete details about the Portfolio's holdings, see page 31. A quarterly Fact Sheet is available upon request. A complete list of the Portfolio's portfolio holdings is posted twice each month on www.dws-investments.com. Portfolio holdings as of the 15th day of each month are posted to the Web site on or after month-end and portfolio holdings as of each month-end are posted to the Web site on or after the 14th day of the following month. More frequent posting of portfolio holdings information may be made from time to time on www.dws-investments.com. Please see the Other Information section for contact information.

Following the Fund's fiscal first and third quarter-end, a complete portfolio holdings listing is filed with the SEC on Form N-Q. The form will be available on the SEC's Web site at www.sec.gov, and it also may be reviewed and copied at the SEC's Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Information on the operation of the SEC's Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling (800) SEC-0330.

Financial Statements

Statement of Assets and Liabilities as of December 31, 2008

Assets

Investment in Cash Management Portfolio, at value

$ 1,993,052,980

Receivable for Fund shares sold

16,664

Other assets

484,372

Total assets

1,993,554,016

Liabilities

Distributions payable

205,754

Other accrued expenses and payables

976,121

Total liabilities

1,181,875

Net assets, at value

$ 1,992,372,141

Net Assets Consist of

Undistributed net investment income

647,521

Accumulated net realized gain (loss)

(1,116,507)

Paid-in capital

1,992,841,127

Net assets, at value

$ 1,992,372,141

Net Asset Value

Prime Shares

Net Asset Value, offering and redemption price per share
Net assets

$ 1,173,144,203

Shares of capital stock outstanding

1,173,364,437

Net asset value per share

$ 1.00

Prime Institutional Shares

Net Asset Value, offering and redemption price per share
Net assets

$ 819,227,938

Shares of capital stock outstanding

819,705,023

Net asset value per share

$ 1.00

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

Statement of Operations for the year ended December 31, 2008

Investment Income

 

Income and expenses allocated from Cash Management Portfolio:
Interest

$ 75,929,486

Expenses*

(3,245,245)

Net investment income allocated from Cash Management Portfolio

72,684,241

Expenses:
Administration fee

2,535,138

Services to shareholders

1,167,715

Distribution and service fees

4,274,724

Professional fees

74,895

Reports to shareholders

103,062

Registration fees

50,563

Other

312,344

Total expenses before expense reductions

8,518,441

Expense reductions

(14,593)

Total expenses after expense reductions

8,503,848

Net investment income

64,180,393

Net realized gain (loss) allocated from Cash Management Portfolio

(1,116,507)

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

$ 63,063,886

* For the year ended December 31, 2008, the Cash Management Portfolio was reimbursed by the Advisor for fees in the amount of $12,491,030, of which $976,028 was allocated to this Fund on a pro-rated basis.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

Year Ended December 31, 2008

Nine Months Ended December 31, 2007 (Note A)

Year Ended March 31, 2007

Operations:
Net investment income

$ 64,180,393

$ 95,717,534

$ 121,895,961

Net realized gain (loss)

(1,116,507)

71,641

3,312

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

63,063,886

95,789,175

121,899,273

Distributions to shareholders from:
Net investment income:

Prime Shares

(31,143,021)

(52,496,978)

(90,917,514)

Prime Institutional Shares

(32,427,810)

(43,220,556)

(30,907,522)

Class A Shares*

(67,761)

Class B Shares*

(2,428)

Class C Shares*

(736)

Total distributions

(63,570,831)

(95,717,534)

(121,895,961)

Fund share transactions:
Proceeds from shares sold

7,150,378,668

5,467,255,022

7,402,207,428

Reinvestment of distributions

58,200,755

90,190,026

121,871,600

Cost of shares redeemed

(7,843,931,455)

(6,383,902,550)

(7,190,344,350)

Net assets acquired in tax-free reorganization

493,413,817

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from Fund share transactions

(635,352,032)

(333,043,685)

333,734,678

Increase (decrease) in net assets

(635,858,977)

(332,972,044)

333,737,990

Net assets at beginning of period

2,628,231,118

2,961,203,162

2,627,465,172

Net assets at end of period (including undistributed net investment income of $647,521 and distributions in excess of net investment income of $0 and $905, respectively)

$ 1,992,372,141

$ 2,628,231,118

$ 2,961,203,162

* Class A shares, Class B shares and Class C shares were liquidated on September 20, 2006.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

Financial Highlights

Prime Shares

Years Ended December 31,

2008

2007a

2007c

2006c

2005c

2004c

Selected Per Share Data

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 1.00

$ 1.00

$ 1.00

$ 1.00

$ 1.00

$ 1.00

Income from investment operations:

Net investment income

.023

.035

.046

.031

.011

.005

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)e

Total from investment operations

.023

.035

.046

.031

.011

.005

Less distributions from:

Net investment income

(.023)

(.035)

(.046)

(.031)

(.011)

(.005)

Net asset value, end of period

$ 1.00

$ 1.00

$ 1.00

$ 1.00

$ 1.00

$ 1.00

Total Return (%)

2.28b

3.57b**

4.65b

3.11

1.12

.47

Ratios to Average Net Assets and Supplemental Data

Net assets, end of period ($ millions)

1,173

1,364

2,104

2,035

2,275

2,666

Ratio of expenses before expense reductions, including expenses allocated from Cash Management Portfolio (%)d

.68

.67*

.71

.69

.69

.67

Ratio of expenses after expense reductions, including expenses allocated from Cash Management Portfolio (%)d

.64

.65*

.71

.69

.69

.67

Ratio of net investment income (%)

2.35

4.67*

4.56

3.06

1.07

.51

a For the period from April 1, 2007 through December 31, 2007 (see Note A).
b Total return would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced.
c For the years ended March 31.
d On May 14, 2007, Cash Reserve Fund — Prime Series became a feeder of Cash Management Portfolio. Expense ratios disclosed prior to December 31, 2007 are for Cash Reserve Fund — Prime Series as a stand-alone fund.
e Amount is less than $.0005.
* Annualized
** Not annualized

Prime Institutional Shares

Years Ended December 31,

2008

2007a

2007c

2006c

2005c

2004c

Selected Per Share Data

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 1.00

$ 1.00

$ 1.00

$ 1.00

$ 1.00

$ 1.00

Income from investment operations:

Net investment income

.026

.038

.049

.035

.015

.009

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)e

Total from investment operations

.026

.038

.049

.035

.015

.009

Less distributions from:

Net investment income

(.026)

(.038)

(.049)

(.035)

(.015)

(.009)

Net asset value, end of period

$ 1.00

$ 1.00

$ 1.00

$ 1.00

$ 1.00

$ 1.00

Total Return (%)

2.67b

3.87b**

5.05b

3.51

1.50

.88

Ratios to Average Net Assets and Supplemental Data

Net assets, end of period ($ millions)

819

1,265

857

588

343

395

Ratio of expenses before expense reductions, including expenses allocated from Cash Management Portfolio (%)d

.30

.29*

.32

.31

.30

.30

Ratio of expenses after expense reductions, including expenses allocated from Cash Management Portfolio (%)d

.26

.27*

.32

.31

.30

.30

Ratio of net investment income (%)

2.73

5.05*

4.95

3.54

1.46

.88

a For the period from April 1, 2007 through December 31, 2007 (see Note A).
b Total return would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced.
c For the years ended March 31.
d On May 14, 2007, Cash Reserve Fund — Prime Series became a feeder of Cash Management Portfolio. Expense ratios disclosed prior to December 31, 2007 are for Cash Reserve Fund — Prime Series as a stand-alone fund.
e Amount is less than $.0005.
* Annualized
** Not annualized

Notes to Financial Statements

A. Significant Accounting Policies

Cash Reserve Fund — Prime Series (the "Fund") is a diversified series of Cash Reserve Fund, Inc. which is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), as a diversified, open-end management investment company and is organized as a corporation under the laws of the state of Maryland.

The Board of Directors of the Fund approved a reorganization pursuant to which the Fund became a feeder fund of Cash Management Portfolio. On May 14, 2007, the Fund transferred all of its net assets with a value of $2,930,753,457 to the Cash Management Portfolio in a tax-free exchange for beneficial ownership in the Portfolio. Activity prior to this conversion is included in the 2007 statements of changes in net assets. Prior to this conversion, the Fund changed its fiscal year end from March 31 to December 31.

The Fund offers two classes of shares to investors: Cash Reserve Prime Shares ("Prime Shares") and Cash Reserve Prime Institutional Shares ("Prime Institutional Shares").

The Fund, a feeder fund, seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing all of its investable assets in a master portfolio, the Cash Management Portfolio (the ``Portfolio''), an open-end management investment company registered under the 1940 Act and advised by Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc. (``DIMA" or the ``Advisor''), and the Advisor for the master portfolio. Details concerning the Portfolio's investment objective and policies and the risk factors associated with the Portfolio's investments are described in the Fund's Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information.

Investment income, realized and unrealized gains and losses, and certain fund-level expenses and expense reductions, if any, were borne pro rata on the basis of relative net assets by the holders of all classes of shares, except that each class bears certain expenses unique to that class such as distribution and service fees, services to shareholders and certain other class-specific expenses. Differences in class-level expenses may result in payment of different per share dividends by class. All shares of the Fund have equal rights with respect to voting subject to class-specific arrangements.

At December 31, 2008, the Fund owned approximately 7% of the Portfolio. The financial statements of the Portfolio, including the Investment Portfolio, are contained elsewhere in this report and should be read in conjunction with the Fund's financial statements.

The Fund's financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America which require the use of management estimates. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The policies described below are followed consistently by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements. The financial statements of the Portfolio, including the Investment Portfolio, are contained elsewhere in this report and should be read in conjunction with the Fund's financial statements.

Security Valuation. The Fund determines the valuation of its investment in the Portfolio by multiplying its proportionate ownership of the Portfolio by the total value of the Portfolio's net assets.

The Fund adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, "Fair Value Measurements," effective at the beginning of the Fund's fiscal year. Disclosure about the classification of fair value measurements is included at the end of the Portfolio's Investment Portfolio.

Federal Income Taxes. The Fund's policy is to comply with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended, which are applicable to regulated investment companies, and to distribute all of its taxable income to its shareholders.

At December 31, 2008, Cash Reserve Fund had a net tax basis capital loss carryforward of approximately $1,117,000, which may be applied against any realized net taxable capital gains each succeeding year until fully utilized or until December 31, 2016, whichever occurs first.

The Fund has reviewed the tax positions for the open tax years as of December 31, 2008, and has determined that no provision for income tax is required in the Fund's financial statements. The Fund's federal tax returns for the prior three fiscal periods/years remain subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service.

Distribution of Income and Gains. Net investment income of the Fund is declared as a daily dividend and is distributed to shareholders monthly. The Fund may take into account capital gains and losses in its daily dividend declarations. The Fund may also make additional distributions for tax purposes if necessary.

Permanent book and tax differences relating to shareholder distributions will result in reclassifications to paid in capital. Temporary book and tax differences will reverse in a subsequent period. There were no significant book to tax differences for the Fund.

At December 31, 2008, the Fund's components of distributable earnings (accumulated losses) on a tax basis were as follows:

 

Year Ended December 31, 2008

Undistributed ordinary income

$ 647,521

Capital loss carryforward

$ (1,117,000)

In addition, the tax character of the distributions were characterized as follows:

 

Year Ended December 31, 2008

Nine Months Ended December 31, 2007

Year Ended March 31, 2007

Distributions from ordinary income

$ 63,570,831

$ 95,717,534

$ 121,895,961

Contingencies. In the normal course of business, the Fund may enter into contracts with service providers that contain general indemnification clauses. The Fund's maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund that have not yet been made. However, based on experience, the Fund expects the risk of loss to be remote.

Other. The Fund receives a daily allocation of the Portfolio's net investment income and net realized gains and losses in proportion to its investment in the Portfolio. Expenses directly attributed to a fund are charged to that fund, while expenses which are attributable to the Corporation are allocated among the Funds in the Corporation on the basis of relative net assets.

B. Fees and Transactions with Affiliates

Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc. ("DIMA" or the "Advisor"), an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Deutsche Bank AG, and the Advisor for the master portfolio.

Administration Fee. Pursuant to an Administrative Services Agreement, DIMA provides most administrative services to the Fund. For all services provided under the Administrative Services Agreement, the Fund pays the Advisor an annual fee ("Administration Fee") of 0.10% of the Fund's average daily net assets, computed and accrued daily and payable monthly. For the year ended December 31, 2008, the Advisor received an Administration fee of $2,535,138, of which $174,836 is unpaid.

For the period from January 1, 2008 through May 13, 2010, DIMA has contractually agreed to waive all or a portion of its Administration fee and reimburse or pay certain operating expenses of the Fund (excluding certain expenses such as extraordinary expenses, taxes, brokerage and interest) to the extent necessary to maintain the operating expenses of each class of the Fund as follows:

Prime Shares

.68%

Prime Institutional Shares

.30%

Service Provider Fees. DWS Investments Service Company ("DISC"), an affiliate of the Advisor, is the transfer agent, dividend-paying agent and shareholder service agent for the Fund. Pursuant to a sub-transfer agency agreement between DISC and DST Systems, Inc. ("DST"). DISC has delegated certain transfer agent, dividend-paying agent and shareholder service agent functions to DST. DISC compensates DST out of the shareholder servicing fee it receives from the Fund. For the year ended December 31, 2008, the amounts charged to the Fund by DISC were as follows:

 

Total Aggregated

Unpaid at December 31, 2008

Prime Shares

$ 1,001,647

$ 286,666

Prime Institutional Shares

140,274

23,360

 

$ 1,141,921

$ 310,026

Distribution and Service Fees. DWS Investments Distributors, Inc. ("DIDI") is the Fund's Distributor. The Fund pays the Distributor an annual fee, pursuant to Rule 12b-1, based on its average daily net assets, which is calculated daily and payable monthly at 0.25% of the Prime Shares average daily net assets. For the year ended December 31, 2008, the Distribution Fee was as follows:

 

Total Aggregated

Unpaid at December 31, 2008

Prime Shares

$ 3,380,707

$ 321,785

The Fund pays the Distributor a shareholder servicing fee based on the average daily net assets which is calculated daily and paid monthly at a rate of 0.07% of Prime Shares. The Distributor uses this fee to compensate third parties that provide shareholder services to their clients who own shares. For the year ended December 31, 2008, the shareholder servicing fee was as follows:

 

Total Aggregated

Unpaid at December 31, 2008

Prime Shares

$ 894,017

$ 84,142

Typesetting and Filing Service Fees. Under an agreement with DIMA, DIMA is compensated for providing typesetting and certain regulatory filing services to the Fund. For the year ended December 31, 2008, the amount charged to the Fund by DIMA included in Statement of Operations under "reports to shareholders" aggregated $26,820, of which $8,371 is unpaid.

Directors' Fees and Expenses. The Fund paid each Director not affiliated with the Advisor retainer fees plus specified amounts for various committee services and for the Board Chairperson and Vice Chairperson.

In connection with the board consolidation on April 1, 2008, of the two DWS Funds Boards of Trustees/Directors, certain Independent Board Members retired prior to their normal retirement date, and received a one-time retirement benefit. DIMA has agreed to reimburse the Funds for the cost of this benefit. During the period ended December 31, 2008, the Fund paid its allocated portion of the retirement benefit of $14,593 to the non-continuing Independent Board Members, and the Fund was reimbursed by DIMA for this payment.

C. Concentration of Ownership

From time to time the Fund may have a concentration of several shareholders holding a significant percentage of shares outstanding. Investment activities of these shareholders could have a material impact on the Fund.

At December 31, 2008, there was one shareholder who held approximately 79% of the outstanding shares of the Prime Shares.

At December 31, 2008, there were two shareholders who held approximately 59% and 17% of the outstanding shares of the Prime Institutional Shares of the Fund.

D. Share Transactions

The Fund is authorized to issue up to 12.2 billion shares of $.001 par value capital stock. Transactions in capital stock were as follows (at net asset value of $1.00 per share):

 

Year Ended December 31, 2008

Period Ended December 31, 2007

 

Shares

Dollars

Shares

Dollars

Shares sold

Prime Shares

1,993,305,765

$ 1,993,305,765

1,466,030,746

$ 1,466,030,746

Prime Institutional Shares

5,157,072,903

5,157,072,903

4,001,224,276

4,001,224,276

 

 

$ 7,150,378,668

 

$ 5,467,255,022

Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions

Prime Shares

28,157,976

$ 28,157,976

49,685,825

$ 49,685,825

Prime Institutional Shares

30,042,779

30,042,779

40,504,201

40,504,201

 

 

$ 58,200,755

 

$ 90,190,026

Shares redeemed

Prime Shares

(2,211,846,392)

$ (2,211,846,392)

(2,338,183,548)

$ (2,338,183,548)

Prime Institutional Shares

(5,632,085,063)

(5,632,085,063)

(4,045,719,002)

(4,045,719,002)

 

 

$ (7,843,931,455)

 

$ (6,383,902,550)

Shares issued in tax-free reorganization

Prime Shares

$ —

82,051,114

$ 81,964,383

Prime Institutional Shares

411,622,008

411,449,434

 

 

$ —

 

$ 493,413,817

Net increase (decrease)

Prime Shares

(190,382,651)

$ (190,382,651)

(740,415,863)

$ (740,502,594)

Prime Institutional Shares

(444,969,381)

(444,969,381)

407,631,483

407,458,909

 

 

$ (635,352,032)

 

$ (333,043,685)

 

Year Ended March 31, 2007

 

Shares

Dollars

Shares sold

Prime Shares

4,777,062,126

$ 4,777,060,108

Prime Institutional Shares

2,624,870,026

2,624,870,026

Class A Shares*

127,294

127,294

Class B Shares*

150,000

150,000

 

 

$ 7,402,207,428

Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions

Prime Shares

90,908,020

$ 90,908,020

Prime Institutional Shares

30,907,522

30,907,522

Class A Shares*

53,787

53,787

Class B Shares*

1,730

1,730

Class C Shares*

541

541

 

 

$ 121,871,600

Shares redeemed

Prime Shares

(4,799,012,450)

$ (4,799,012,450)

Prime Institutional Shares

(2,387,089,168)

(2,387,089,168)

Class A Shares*

(3,793,964)

(3,793,964)

Class B Shares*

(353,832)

(353,832)

Class C Shares*

(94,936)

(94,936)

 

 

$ (7,190,344,350)

Shares issued in tax-free reorganization

Prime Shares

$ —

Prime Institutional Shares

 

 

$ —

Net increase (decrease)

Prime Shares

68,957,696

$ 68,955,678

Prime Institutional Shares

268,688,380

268,688,380

Class A Shares*

(3,612,883)

(3,612,883)

Class B Shares*

(202,102)

(202,102)

Class C Shares*

(94,395)

(94,395)

 

 

$ 333,734,678

* On September 20, 2006, Class A, B and C shares were liquidated.

E. Acquisition of Assets

On May 14, 2007, the Fund acquired all of the net assets of Money Market Fund Investment and Cash Management Fund Investment pursuant to a plan of reorganization approved by the Board on December 20, 2006. The acquisition was accomplished by a tax-free exchange of 411,622,008 shares of Money Market Fund Investment and 82,051,114 shares of Cash Management Fund Investment outstanding on May 14, 2007. Money Market Fund Investment's and Cash Management Fund Investment's net assets at that date of $411,449,434 and $81,964,383, respectively, were combined with those of the Fund. The aggregate net assets of the Fund immediately before the acquisition were $2,437,339,640. The combined net assets of the Fund immediately following the acquisition were $2,930,753,457.

F. Participation in the Treasury's Temporary Guarantee Program

The Fund is participating in the Temporary Guarantee Program for Money Market Funds (the "Program") established by the U.S. Department of the Treasury (the "Treasury").

The Program is designed to protect the value of accounts in the Fund as of the close of business on September 19, 2008. According to the terms of the Program, any investment made by a shareholder after September 19, 2008 in excess of the amount held in the account as of the close of business on that date will not be covered by the Program. Any purchase of shares of the Fund for an account opened after September 19, 2008 will also not be covered under the Program. The Program guarantee will apply to the lesser of (i) the number of shares held in an account as of the close of business on September 19, 2008, or (ii) the number of shares held in the account on the date the Program guarantee is triggered. Subject to certain conditions and limitations, the Program guarantee is triggered if the Fund's net asset value falls below $0.995 and the Fund is liquidated. Guarantee payments under the Program will not exceed the amount available within the Treasury's Exchange Stabilization Fund ("ESF") on the date of payment.

The Fund bears the expenses of participating in the Program. The expense is determined by the product of (i) the number of shares outstanding of each class as of September 19, 2008 valued at $1.00; and (ii) the applicable Program participation fee rate, which is based upon the market-based net asset value outstanding of each share class as of September 19, 2008. For the initial period ending December 18, 2008, the Program participation fee was equal to 0.01% for the Prime Series and 0.015% for the Prime Institutional Shares. For the coverage under the Program beginning on December 19, 2008 and ending on April 30, 2009, the Program participation fee is equal to 0.015% for the Prime Series and 0.022% for the Prime Institutional Series. This expense is being amortized over the length of the participation in the Program and is included in "Other" expense on the Statement of Operations. Through December 31, 2008, the Fund has accrued $292,125. The Program is set to terminate on April 30, 2009, unless extended by the Treasury. The Treasury may extend the program through the close of business on September 18, 2009. If the Program is extended beyond April 30, 2009, the Fund would need to pay an additional fee and there can be no assurances that the Fund would continue to participate. This expense is borne by the Fund without regard to any expense limitation currently in effect for the Fund.

Neither the Fund nor Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc., the Fund's investment advisor, are in any manner approved, endorsed, sponsored or authorized by the Treasury.

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Directors of Cash Reserve Fund, Inc. and Shareholders of Cash Reserve Fund — Prime Series:

In our opinion, the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Cash Reserve Fund — Prime Series (hereafter referred to as the ``Fund'') at December 31, 2008, and the results of its operations, the changes in its net assets and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated therein, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as ``financial statements'') are the responsibility of the Fund's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Boston, Massachusetts
February 25, 2009

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Tax Information

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Board Members and Officers

The following table presents certain information regarding the Board Members and Officers of the Trust as of December 31, 2008. Each Board Member's year of birth is set forth in parentheses after his or her name. Unless otherwise noted, (i) each Board Member has engaged in the principal occupation(s) noted in the table for at least the most recent five years, although not necessarily in the same capacity; and (ii) the address of each Independent Board Member is c/o Dawn-Marie Driscoll, PO Box 100176, Cape Coral, FL 33904. Except as otherwise noted below, the term of office for each Board Member is until the election and qualification of a successor, or until such Board Member sooner dies, resigns, is removed or as otherwise provided in the governing documents of the fund. Because the fund does not hold an annual meeting of shareholders, each Board Member will hold office for an indeterminate period. The Board Members may also serve in similar capacities with other funds in the fund complex. The Length of Time Served represents the year in which the Board Member joined the board of one or more DWS funds now overseen by the Board.

Independent Board Members

Name, Year of Birth, Position with the Fund and Length of Time Served1

Business Experience and Directorships During the Past Five Years

Number of Funds in DWS Fund Complex Overseen

Paul K. Freeman (1950)
Chairperson since 20092
Board Member since 1993
Consultant, World Bank/Inter-American Development Bank; Governing Council of the Independent Directors Council (governance, executive committees); formerly, Project Leader, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (1998-2001); Chief Executive Officer, The Eric Group, Inc. (environmental insurance) (1986-1998)

134

Dawn-Marie Driscoll (1946)
Board Member since 1987
President, Driscoll Associates (consulting firm); Executive Fellow, Center for Business Ethics, Bentley University; formerly, Partner, Palmer & Dodge (1988-1990); Vice President of Corporate Affairs and General Counsel, Filene's (1978-1988). Directorships: Trustee of 20 open-end mutual funds managed by Sun Capital Advisers, Inc. (since 2007); Director of ICI Mutual Insurance Company (since 2007); Advisory Board, Center for Business Ethics, Bentley University; Trustee, Southwest Florida Community Foundation (charitable organization). Former Directorships: Investment Company Institute (audit, executive, nominating committees) and Independent Directors Council (governance, executive committees)

134

John W. Ballantine (1946)
Board Member since 1999
Retired; formerly, Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Management Officer, First Chicago NBD Corporation/The First National Bank of Chicago (1996-1998); Executive Vice President and Head of International Banking (1995-1996). Directorships: Healthways, Inc. (provider of disease and care management services); Portland General Electric (utility company); Stockwell Capital Investments PLC (private equity). Former Directorships: First Oak Brook Bancshares, Inc. and Oak Brook Bank

134

Henry P. Becton, Jr. (1943)
Board Member since 1990
Vice Chair, WGBH Educational Foundation. Directorships: Association of Public Television Stations; Becton Dickinson and Company3 (medical technology company); Belo Corporation3 (media company); Boston Museum of Science; Public Radio International; PRX, The Public Radio Exchange; The PBS Foundation. Former Directorships: American Public Television; Concord Academy; New England Aquarium; Mass. Corporation for Educational Telecommunications; Committee for Economic Development; Public Broadcasting Service

134

Keith R. Fox (1954)
Board Member since 1996
Managing General Partner, Exeter Capital Partners (a series of private investment funds). Directorships: Progressive Holding Corporation (kitchen goods importer and distributor); Box Top Media Inc. (advertising); The Kennel Shop (retailer)

134

Kenneth C. Froewiss (1945)
Board Member since 2001
Clinical Professor of Finance, NYU Stern School of Business (1997-present); Member, Finance Committee, Association for Asian Studies (2002-present); Director, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group (US) (2004-present); prior thereto, Managing Director, J.P. Morgan (investment banking firm) (until 1996)

134

Richard J. Herring (1946)
Board Member since 1990
Jacob Safra Professor of International Banking and Professor, Finance Department, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (since July 1972); Co-Director, Wharton Financial Institutions Center (since July 2000); Director, Japan Equity Fund, Inc. (since September 2007), Thai Capital Fund, Inc. (since September 2007), Singapore Fund, Inc. (since September 2007). Formerly, Vice Dean and Director, Wharton Undergraduate Division (July 1995-June 2000); Director, Lauder Institute of International Management Studies (July 2000-June 2006)

134

William McClayton (1944)
Board Member since 2004
Managing Director, Diamond Management & Technology Consultants, Inc. (global management consulting firm) (2001-present); Directorship: Board of Managers, YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago; formerly: Senior Partner, Arthur Andersen LLP (accounting) (1966-2001); Trustee, Ravinia Festival

134

Rebecca W. Rimel (1951)
Board Member since 1995
President and Chief Executive Officer, The Pew Charitable Trusts (charitable organization) (1994 to present); Trustee, Thomas Jefferson Foundation (charitable organization) (1994 to present); Trustee, Executive Committee, Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce (2001-2007); Trustee, Pro Publica (2007-present) (charitable organization). Formerly, Executive Vice President, The Glenmede Trust Company (investment trust and wealth management) (1983-2004); Board Member, Investor Education (charitable organization) (2004-2005); Director, Viasys Health Care3 (January 2007-June 2007)

134

William N. Searcy, Jr. (1946)
Board Member since 1993
Private investor since October 2003; Trustee of 20 open-end mutual funds managed by Sun Capital Advisers, Inc. (since October 1998). Formerly, Pension & Savings Trust Officer, Sprint Corporation3 (telecommunications) (November 1989-September 2003)

134

Jean Gleason Stromberg (1943)
Board Member since 1997
Retired. Formerly, Consultant (1997-2001); Director, US Government Accountability Office (1996-1997); Partner, Fulbright & Jaworski, L.L.P. (law firm) (1978-1996). Directorships: The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation; Business Leadership Council, Wellesley College. Former Directorships: Service Source, Inc., Mutual Fund Directors Forum (2002-2004), American Bar Retirement Association (funding vehicle for retirement plans) (1987-1990 and 1994-1996)

134

Robert H. Wadsworth
(1940)
Board Member since 1999
President, Robert H. Wadsworth & Associates, Inc. (consulting firm) (1983 to present); Director, The Phoenix Boys Choir Association

137

Interested Board Member

Name, Year of Birth, Position with the Fund and Length of Time Served1

Business Experience and Directorships During the Past Five Years

Number of Funds in Fund Complex Overseen

Axel Schwarzer4 (1958)
Board Member since 2006
Managing Director5, Deutsche Asset Management; Head of Deutsche Asset Management Americas; CEO of DWS Investments; formerly, board member of DWS Investments, Germany (1999-2005); formerly, Head of Sales and Product Management for the Retail and Private Banking Division of Deutsche Bank in Germany (1997-1999); formerly, various strategic and operational positions for Deutsche Bank Germany Retail and Private Banking Division in the field of investment funds, tax driven instruments and asset management for corporates (1989-1996)

134

Officers6

Name, Year of Birth, Position with the Fund and Length of Time Served7

Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years and Other Directorships Held

Michael G. Clark8 (1965)
President, 2006-present
Managing Director5, Deutsche Asset Management (2006-present); President of DWS family of funds; Director, ICI Mutual Insurance Company (since October 2007); formerly, Director of Fund Board Relations (2004-2006) and Director of Product Development (2000-2004), Merrill Lynch Investment Managers; Senior Vice President Operations, Merrill Lynch Asset Management (1999-2000)
John Millette9 (1962)
Vice President and Secretary, 1999-present
Director5, Deutsche Asset Management
Paul H. Schubert8 (1963)
Chief Financial Officer, 2004-present
Treasurer, 2005-present
Managing Director5, Deutsche Asset Management (since July 2004); formerly, Executive Director, Head of Mutual Fund Services and Treasurer for UBS Family of Funds (1998-2004); Vice President and Director of Mutual Fund Finance at UBS Global Asset Management (1994-1998)
Caroline Pearson9 (1962)
Assistant Secretary, 1997-present
Managing Director5, Deutsche Asset Management
Rita Rubin10 (1970)
Assistant Secretary, 2009-present
Vice President and Counsel, Deutsche Asset Management (since October 2007); formerly, Vice President, Morgan Stanley Investment Management (2004-2007); Attorney, Shearman & Sterling LLP (2004); Vice President and Associate General Counsel, UBS Global Asset Management (2001-2004)
Paul Antosca9 (1957)
Assistant Treasurer, 2007-present
Director5, Deutsche Asset Management (since 2006); Vice President, The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company (U.S.A.) (1990-2006)
Jack Clark9 (1967)
Assistant Treasurer, 2007-present
Director5, Deutsche Asset Management (since 2007); formerly, Vice President, State Street Corporation (2002-2007)
Diane Kenneally9 (1966)
Assistant Treasurer, 2007-present
Director5, Deutsche Asset Management
Jason Vazquez10 (1972)
Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer, 2007-present
Vice President, Deutsche Asset Management (since 2006); formerly, AML Operations Manager for Bear Stearns (2004-2006), Supervising Compliance Principal and Operations Manager for AXA Financial (1999-2004)
Robert Kloby10 (1962)
Chief Compliance Officer, 2006-present
Managing Director5, Deutsche Asset Management (2004-present); formerly, Chief Compliance Officer/Chief Risk Officer, Robeco USA (2000-2004); Vice President, The Prudential Insurance Company of America (1988-2000); E.F. Hutton and Company (1984-1988)
J. Christopher Jackson10 (1951)
Chief Legal Officer, 2006-present
Director5, Deutsche Asset Management (2006-present); formerly, Director, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Assistant Secretary, Hansberger Global Investors, Inc. (1996-2006); Director, National Society of Compliance Professionals (2002-2005) (2006-2009)
1 The length of time served represents the year in which the Board Member joined the board of one or more DWS funds currently overseen by the Board.
2 Mr. Freeman assumed the Chairperson role as of January 1, 2009. Prior to that Ms. Driscoll served as Chairperson of certain DWS funds since 2004.
3 A publicly held company with securities registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
4 The mailing address of Axel Schwarzer is c/o Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc., 345 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10154. Mr. Schwarzer is an interested Board Member by virtue of his positions with Deutsche Asset Management. As an interested person, Mr. Schwarzer receives no compensation from the fund.
5 Executive title, not a board directorship.
6 As a result of their respective positions held with the Advisor, these individuals are considered "interested persons" of the Advisor within the meaning of the 1940 Act. Interested persons receive no compensation from the fund.
7 The length of time served represents the year in which the officer was first elected in such capacity for one or more DWS funds.
8 Address: 345 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10154.
9 Address: One Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02108.
10 Address: 280 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10017.

The fund's Statement of Additional Information ("SAI") includes additional information about the Board Members. The SAI is available, without charge, upon request. If you would like to request a copy of the SAI, you may do so by calling the following toll-free number: (800) 621-1048.

(The following financial statements of the Cash Management Portfolio should be read in conjunction with the Fund's financial statements.)

Investment Portfolio as of December 31, 2008

 

Principal Amount ($)

Value ($)

 

 

Certificates of Deposit and Bank Notes 20.6%

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA:

 

 

3.09%, 3/9/2009

120,000,000

120,001,100

3.1%, 1/12/2009

250,000,000

250,205,767

Bank of America NA, 3.7%, 4/3/2009

25,000,000

24,763,611

Bank of Nova Scotia, 3.35%, 1/23/2009

148,500,000

148,500,000

Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd.:

 

 

1.25%, 3/31/2009

350,000,000

350,000,000

1.85%, 2/12/2009

420,000,000

420,000,000

Barclays Bank PLC:

 

 

3.17%, 2/19/2009

200,000,000

200,000,000

3.18%, 3/3/2009

75,000,000

75,000,000

BNP Paribas:

 

 

1.78%, 3/12/2009

250,000,000

250,000,000

3.08%, 3/5/2009

50,000,000

50,000,000

Calyon:

 

 

1.15%, 2/2/2009

400,000,000

400,000,000

2.2%, 3/11/2009

52,000,000

52,070,452

3.05%, 2/5/2009

10,000,000

9,998,945

3.13%, 1/12/2009

2,500,000

2,500,020

3.14%, 3/5/2009

150,000,000

150,000,000

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce:

 

 

1.68%, 2/10/2009

300,000,000

300,000,000

3.67%, 1/21/2009

350,000,000

350,001,926

DNB NOR Bank ASA:

 

 

3.07%, 3/9/2009

212,600,000

212,600,000

3.7%, 1/23/2009

215,750,000

215,750,000

HSBC Bank PLC, 0.55%, 1/20/2009

50,000,000

50,000,000

Metropolitan Life Global Funding I, 144A, 3.8%, 1/20/2009

91,500,000

91,500,000

Mizuho Corporate Bank Ltd.:

 

 

1.21%, 3/23/2009

126,250,000

126,252,832

2.19%, 3/12/2009

500,000,000

500,009,669

Nordea Bank Finland PLC, 2.51%, 6/5/2009

98,000,000

98,066,398

Rabobank Nederland NV, 3.0%, 2/26/2009

127,750,000

127,750,000

Svenska Handelsbanken AB:

 

 

1.35%, 3/31/2009

238,000,000

238,499,507

1.985%, 3/11/2009

350,000,000

350,003,338

2.0%, 3/12/2009

305,000,000

305,135,518

2.05%, 3/11/2009

130,000,000

130,012,396

Toronto-Dominion Bank, 2.0%, 5/12/2009

244,000,000

244,000,000

Westpac Banking Corp., 1.2%, 4/13/2009

270,000,000

270,000,000

Total Certificates of Deposit and Bank Notes (Cost $6,112,621,479)

6,112,621,479

 

Commercial Paper 41.7%

Issued at Discount**

Alcon Capital Corp.:

 

 

2.25%, 1/21/2009

100,000,000

99,875,000

2.5%, 5/8/2009

50,000,000

49,559,028

Alpine Securitization:

 

 

0.25%, 1/20/2009

50,000,000

49,993,403

1.0%, 1/28/2009

50,000,000

49,962,500

1.35%, 1/12/2009

300,000,000

299,876,250

1.35%, 1/23/2009

375,000,000

374,690,625

ASB Finance Ltd., 3.1%, 3/6/2009

100,000,000

99,448,889

AT&T Inc.:

 

 

0.1%, 1/14/2009

5,000,000

4,999,819

0.18%, 1/29/2009

45,000,000

44,993,700

0.75%, 1/7/2009

100,000,000

99,987,500

Atlantic Asset Securitization LLC, 0.7%, 1/12/2009

30,000,000

29,993,583

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd., 2.2%, 2/6/2009

110,000,000

109,758,000

Bank of America Corp., 3.1%, 2/12/2009

66,500,000

66,259,492

BNP Paribas Finance, Inc., 0.935%, 3/30/2009

500,000,000

498,857,222

BP Capital Markets PLC:

 

 

1.285%, 3/5/2009

200,000,000

199,550,250

1.3%, 3/16/2009

125,000,000

124,665,972

Calyon North America, Inc., 0.26%, 1/30/2009

142,000,000

141,970,259

Cancara Asset Securitisation LLC, 0.95%, 1/9/2009

200,000,000

199,957,778

Coca-Cola Co., 1.45%, 2/11/2009

200,000,000

199,669,722

Colgate-Palmolive Co.:

 

 

0.05%, 1/6/2009

50,000,000

49,999,653

0.05%, 1/9/2009

6,900,000

6,899,923

0.08%, 1/30/2009

44,000,000

43,997,164

0.09%, 1/14/2009

30,000,000

29,999,025

Danske Corp., 3.81%, 1/28/2009

110,700,000

110,383,675

DnB NOR Bank ASA, 2.0%, 3/13/2009

390,000,000

388,461,667

Eli Lilly & Co., 1.45%, 2/17/2009

100,000,000

99,810,694

European Investment Bank:

 

 

0.85%, 6/11/2009

320,000,000

318,783,556

1.775%, 3/6/2009

200,000,000

199,368,889

General Electric Co.:

 

 

1.2%, 8/31/2009

200,000,000

198,386,667

2.84%, 2/4/2009

300,000,000

299,195,333

2.84%, 2/6/2009

225,000,000

224,361,000

3.35%, 4/20/2009

225,000,000

222,717,813

Gotham Funding Corp.:

 

 

1.35%, 3/4/2009

100,000,000

99,767,500

1.5%, 1/7/2009

19,000,000

18,995,250

1.6%, 1/16/2009

172,954,000

172,838,697

ING (US) Funding LLC, 0.5%, 1/9/2009

100,000,000

99,988,889

Johnson & Johnson:

 

 

2.2%, 1/29/2009

100,000,000

99,828,889

2.25%, 1/20/2009

100,000,000

99,881,250

2.25%, 1/23/2009

50,000,000

49,931,250

Jupiter Securitization Co., LLC, 1.2%, 1/14/2009

25,033,000

25,022,152

Kingdom of Denmark:

 

 

0.75%, 4/22/2009

131,000,000

130,697,063

0.77%, 4/24/2009

250,000,000

249,395,764

Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau, 1.05%, 3/4/2009

1,500,000

1,497,288

Liberty Street Funding LLC:

 

 

1.75%, 3/13/2009

50,000,000

49,827,431

2.15%, 2/13/2009

32,000,000

31,917,822

Market Street Funding LLC:

 

 

2.0%, 3/5/2009

120,000,000

119,580,000

2.4%, 3/16/2009

350,000,000

348,273,333

Microsoft Corp.:

 

 

0.1%, 2/27/2009

15,460,000

15,457,552

0.15%, 3/13/2009

7,000,000

6,997,929

0.15%, 3/19/2009

4,000,000

3,998,717

Nestle Capital Corp., 2.5%, 5/5/2009

50,000,000

49,569,444

Nieuw Amsterdam Receivables Corp.:

 

 

1.7%, 1/15/2009

245,000,000

244,838,028

2.0%, 1/5/2009

200,000,000

199,955,556

Park Avenue Receivables Corp.:

 

 

1.1%, 1/14/2009

50,072,000

50,052,110

1.2%, 1/21/2009

25,000,000

24,983,333

Pfizer, Inc.:

 

 

0.5%, 5/11/2009

50,000,000

49,909,722

1.15%, 4/6/2009

112,000,000

111,660,111

1.3%, 4/15/2009

290,000,000

288,910,889

2.52%, 3/2/2009

50,000,000

49,790,000

Procter & Gamble Co.:

 

 

1.2%, 2/11/2009

32,000,000

31,956,267

1.3%, 1/30/2009

100,000,000

99,895,278

1.6%, 2/11/2009

40,000,000

39,927,111

2.0%, 2/26/2009

15,000,000

14,953,333

Procter & Gamble International Funding SCA:

 

 

0.35%, 4/3/2009

100,000,000

99,910,556

1.05%, 1/23/2009

50,000,000

49,967,917

1.1%, 3/16/2009

100,000,000

99,773,889

1.15%, 3/16/2009

50,000,000

49,881,806

1.18%, 1/23/2009

50,000,000

49,963,944

1.4%, 3/4/2009

86,000,000

85,792,644

2.23%, 1/29/2009

30,000,000

29,947,967

2.23%, 2/6/2009

80,000,000

79,821,600

2.23%, 2/12/2009

60,000,000

59,843,900

2.23%, 2/20/2009

100,000,000

99,690,278

2.23%, 2/26/2009

10,000,000

9,965,311

Romulus Funding Corp., 1.0%, 1/2/2009

84,770,000

84,767,645

Royal Bank of Canada, 0.07%, 1/30/2009

100,000,000

99,994,361

Sanpaolo IMI US Financial Co., 0.34%, 2/2/2009

400,000,000

399,879,111

Sheffield Receivables Corp., 1.5%, 1/8/2009

150,000,000

149,956,250

Shell International Finance BV:

 

 

1.75%, 4/30/2009

113,000,000

112,346,326

2.1%, 5/1/2009

100,000,000

99,300,000

2.4%, 5/11/2009

62,000,000

61,462,667

Siemens Capital Co., LLC, 0.95%, 3/2/2009

100,000,000

99,841,667

Societe Generale North America, Inc., 1.705%, 3/27/2009

400,000,000

398,389,722

Starbird Funding Corp.:

 

 

1.85%, 3/23/2009

76,000,000

75,683,650

1.85%, 3/25/2009

63,000,000

62,731,288

1.9%, 3/19/2009

103,000,000

102,581,419

2.3%, 1/5/2009

30,000,000

29,992,333

2.45%, 3/9/2009

100,000,000

99,544,028

Tempo Finance Corp., 2.05%, 1/8/2009

150,000,000

149,940,208

Thunder Bay Funding LLC:

 

 

0.5%, 1/20/2009

70,490,000

70,471,398

1.3%, 3/2/2009

98,561,000

98,347,451

1.35%, 1/23/2009

41,588,000

41,553,690

1.45%, 3/20/2009

34,592,000

34,483,323

4.25%, 1/23/2009

84,769,000

84,548,836

Toronto Dominion Holdings (USA), Inc., 3.72%, 2/23/2009

300,000,000

298,357,000

Toyota Motor Credit Corp.:

 

 

0.45%, 1/16/2009

20,000,000

19,996,250

0.75%, 2/3/2009

115,000,000

114,920,937

2.1%, 4/1/2009

210,000,000

208,897,500

2.1%, 4/2/2009

250,000,000

248,672,917

3.4%, 1/26/2009

220,000,000

219,480,556

Victory Receivables Corp.:

 

 

1.05%, 2/23/2009

90,000,000

89,860,875

1.25%, 1/20/2009

111,897,000

111,823,179

1.65%, 1/23/2009

161,910,000

161,746,741

Total Commercial Paper (Cost $12,360,863,149)

12,360,863,149

 

Government & Agency Obligations 2.5%

US Government Sponsored Agencies 2.4%

Federal Home Loan Bank:

 

 

0.04%**, 1/6/2009

10,656,000

10,655,941

0.15%**, 1/23/2009

5,000,000

4,999,542

2.2%, 4/1/2009

20,000,000

20,083,846

2.61%, 6/3/2009

30,000,000

30,000,000

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.:

 

 

0.55%**, 8/3/2009

365,000,000

363,806,653

5.0%, 1/16/2009

40,000,000

40,035,962

Federal National Mortgage Association:

 

 

0.5%**, 7/1/2009

190,700,000

190,220,601

0.5%**, 7/20/2009

60,000,000

59,833,333

 

719,635,878

US Treasury Obligations 0.1%

US Treasury Bills:

 

 

0.065%**, 2/12/2009

3,606,000

3,605,727

0.1%**, 6/11/2009

4,776,000

4,773,864

0.145%**, 6/18/2009

2,411,000

2,409,369

0.22%**, 6/25/2009

3,371,000

3,367,395

0.645%**, 5/15/2009

10,400,000

10,375,031

1.07%**, 1/15/2009

1,734,000

1,733,278

 

26,264,664

Total Government & Agency Obligations (Cost $745,900,542)

745,900,542

 

Short Term Notes* 11.3%

Abbey National Treasury Services PLC:

 

 

0.881%, 4/24/2009

125,500,000

125,500,000

1.435%, 2/13/2009

50,000,000

50,000,000

2.417%, 2/20/2009

187,250,000

187,250,000

American Honda Finance Corp., 144A, 1.596%, 3/25/2009

100,000,000

100,000,000

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd.:

 

 

144A, 2.409%, 7/10/2009

96,000,000

96,000,000

144A, 2.426%, 7/2/2009

199,350,000

199,347,438

Bank of America NA, 144A, 4.35%, 7/6/2009

195,000,000

195,000,000

Bank of Scotland PLC, 2.916%, 6/5/2009

123,250,000

123,250,000

Barclays Bank PLC, 0.097%, 2/27/2009

30,000,000

30,000,000

BNP Paribas, 2.445%, 5/13/2009

84,100,000

84,100,000

Calyon, 1.025%, 1/16/2009

200,000,000

200,018,750

Credit Agricole SA, 144A, 1.775%, 7/22/2009

296,500,000

296,500,000

General Electric Co., 0.501%, 9/24/2009

135,000,000

135,000,000

ING Bank NV, 144A, 1.716%, 3/26/2009

84,000,000

84,000,000

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, 1.695%, 5/13/2009

125,000,000

125,000,000

Metropolitan Life Global Funding I:

 

 

144A, 4.57%, 5/11/2009

66,500,000

66,500,000

144A, 5.193%, 4/13/2009

35,000,000

35,000,000

National Australia Bank Ltd.:

 

 

144A, 2.438%, 2/19/2009

179,750,000

179,750,000

4.543%, 4/7/2009

125,750,000

125,750,000

Natixis, 2.442%, 4/6/2009

268,500,000

268,500,000

Procter & Gamble International Funding SCA, 2.308%, 2/19/2009

64,000,000

64,000,000

Rabobank Nederland NV, 144A, 2.577%, 10/9/2009

179,250,000

179,250,000

Royal Bank of Canada, 144A, 1.595%, 7/15/2009

171,500,000

171,500,214

Svenska Handelsbanken AB, 144A, 3.885%, 5/26/2009

25,000,000

25,000,000

Toyota Motor Credit Corp.:

 

 

0.36%, 3/12/2009

110,000,000

110,000,000

0.36%, 3/19/2009

100,000,000

100,000,000

Total Short Term Notes (Cost $3,356,216,402)

3,356,216,402

 

Time Deposits 13.0%

ABN AMRO Bank NV, 0.005%, 1/2/2009

600,000,000

600,000,000

Bank of the West, 0.01%, 1/2/2009

284,000,000

284,000,000

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, 0.01%, 1/2/2009

30,000,000

30,000,000

ING Bank NV:

 

 

0.02%, 1/2/2009

126,000,000

126,000,000

KBC Bank NV, Zero Coupon, 1/2/2009

1,200,000,000

1,200,000,000

National Bank of Canada, 0.03%, 1/2/2009

98,000,000

98,000,000

Royal Bank of Canada, 0.01%, 1/2/2009

154,000,000

154,000,000

Societe Generale, 0.02%, 1/2/2009

60,000,000

60,000,000

UBS AG, Zero Coupon, 1/2/2009

1,300,000,000

1,300,000,000

Total Time Deposits (Cost $3,852,000,000)

3,852,000,000

 

Municipal Bonds and Notes 0.7%

Massachusetts, State Health & Educational Facilities Authority Revenue, Boston University, Series N, 1.15%***, 10/1/2034, Bank of America NA (a)

58,250,000

58,250,000

Massachusetts, State Health & Educational Facilities Authority Revenue, Northeastern University, Series X, 1.65%***, 10/1/2028, TD Bank NA (a)

12,260,000

12,260,000

New York, NY, General Obligation, Series J14, 3.75%***, 8/1/2019

41,855,000

41,855,000

Ohio, Housing Finance Agency, Mortgage Revenue, Residential-Mortgage Backed, Series D, AMT, 0.9%***, 9/1/2036

45,000,000

45,000,000

Wisconsin, Housing & Economic Development Authority, Home Ownership Revenue, Series B, 2.25%***, 3/1/2033

38,000,000

38,000,000

Total Municipal Bonds and Notes (Cost $195,365,000)

195,365,000

 

Repurchase Agreements 10.1%

Banc of America Securities LLC, 0.08%, dated 12/31/2008, to be repurchased at $525,002,333 on 1/2/2009 (b)

525,000,000

525,000,000

BNP Paribas, 0.005%, dated 12/31/2008, to be repurchased at $600,000,167 on 1/2/2009 (c)

600,000,000

600,000,000

The Goldman Sachs & Co., 0.005%, dated 12/31/2008, to be repurchased at $144,657,040 on 1/2/2009 (d)

144,657,000

144,657,000

The Goldman Sachs & Co., 0.04%, dated 12/31/2008, to be repurchased at $673,361,496 on 1/2/2009 (e)

673,360,000

673,360,000

The Goldman Sachs & Co., 0.04%, dated 12/31/2008, to be repurchased at $1,050,005,833 on 1/5/2009 (f)

1,050,000,000

1,050,000,000

Total Repurchase Agreements (Cost $2,993,017,000)

2,993,017,000

 

% of Net Assets

Value ($)

 

 

Total Investment Portfolio (Cost $29,615,983,572)+

99.9

29,615,983,572

Other Assets and Liabilities, Net

0.1

37,205,958

Net Assets

100.0

29,653,189,530

* Floating rate notes are securities whose yields vary with a designated market index or market rate, such as the coupon-equivalent of the US Treasury bill rate. These securities are shown at their current rate as of December 31, 2008.
** Annualized yield at time of purchase; not a coupon rate.
*** Variable rate demand notes are securities whose interest rates are reset periodically at market levels. These securities are often payable on demand and are shown at their current rates as of December 31, 2008.
+ The cost for federal income tax purposes was $29,615,983,572.
(a) Security incorporates a letter of credit from the bank listed.
(b) Collateralized by:

Principal Amount ($)

Security

Rate (%)

Maturity Date

Collateral Value ($)

25,102,245

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

5.0

7/1/2035

25,750,000

501,130,382

Federal National Mortgage Association

5.0

7/1/2035

515,000,000

Total Collateral Value

$ 540,750,000

(c) Collateralized by:

Principal Amount ($)

Security

Rate (%)

Maturity Date

Collateral Value ($)

384,593,045

US Treasury STRIPS

Zero Coupon

8/15/2010- 11/15/2021

288,310,797

302,795,200

US Treasury Inflation-Indexed Bond

1.875

7/15/2015

323,689,253

Total Collateral Value

$ 612,000,050

(d) Collateralized by $104,092,000 US Treasury Bond, 6.25%, maturing on 8/15/2023 with a value of $147,550,150.
(e) Collateralized by:

Principal Amount ($)

Security

Rate (%)

Maturity Date

Collateral Value ($)

400,980,861

Federal National Mortgage Association

5.0-6.0

10/1/2037- 12/1/2038

413,302,208

266,294,342

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

5.0-5.5

3/1/2037- 12/1/2038

273,524,992

Total Collateral Value

$ 686,827,200

(f) Collateralized by:

Principal Amount ($)

Security

Rate (%)

Maturity Date

Collateral Value ($)

1,025,844,952

Federal National Mortgage Association

5.0-6.0

4/1/2035- 12/1/2038

1,055,710,960

14,770,950

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

6.0

12/1/2038

15,289,041

Total Collateral Value

$ 1,071,000,001

144A: Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.

AMT: Subject to alternative minimum tax.

Fair Value Measurements

Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, "Fair Value Measurements," establishes a three-tier hierarchy for measuring fair value and requires additional disclosure about the classification of fair value measurements.

Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund's investments. These inputs are summarized in three broad levels. Level 1 includes quoted prices in active markets for identical securities. Level 2 includes other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds and credit risk). Level 3 includes significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund's own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments). The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. Securities held by a money market fund are reflected as Level 2 because the securities are valued at amortized cost (which approximates fair value) and, accordingly, the inputs used to determine value are not quoted prices in an active market.

The following is a summary of the inputs used as of December 31, 2008 in valuing the Portfolio's investments. For information on the Portfolio's policy regarding the valuation of investments, please refer to the Security Valuation section of Note A in the accompanying Notes to the Financial Statements.

Valuation Inputs

Investments in Securities

Level 1

$ —

Level 2

29,615,983,572

Level 3

Total

$ 29,615,983,572

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

Financial Statements

Statement of Assets and Liabilities as of December 31, 2008

Assets

Investments in securities, valued at amortized cost

$ 26,622,966,572

Repurchase agreements, valued at amortized cost

2,993,017,000

Cash

52,827,101

Interest receivable

37,091,083

Other assets

735,942

Total assets

29,706,637,698

Liabilities

Payable for investments purchased

50,106,119

Accrued advisory fee

2,022,436

Other accrued expenses and payables

1,319,613

Total liabilities

53,448,168

Net assets, at value

$ 29,653,189,530

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

Statement of Operations for the year ended December 31, 2008

Investment Income

Income:
Interest

$ 968,703,648

Expenses:
Advisory fee

40,442,627

Administration fee

9,745,032

Custodian fee

1,130,011

Professional fees

417,104

Trustees' fees and expenses

1,236,792

Other

1,058,013

Total expenses before expense reductions

54,029,579

Expense reductions

(12,491,030)

Total expenses after expense reductions

41,538,549

Net investment income

927,165,099

Net realized gain (loss)

(6,875,939)

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

$ 920,289,160

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 

Years Ended December 31,

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

2008

2007

Operations:
Net investment income

$ 927,165,099

$ 1,079,019,089

Net realized gain (loss)

(6,875,939)

840,140

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

920,289,160

1,079,859,229

Capital transaction in shares of beneficial interest:
Proceeds from capital invested

373,665,603,010

284,201,163,257

Value of capital withdrawn

(378,671,753,786)

(260,418,815,249)

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from capital transactions in shares of beneficial interest

(5,006,150,776)

23,782,348,008

Increase (decrease) in net assets

(4,085,861,616)

24,862,207,237

Net assets at beginning of period

33,739,051,146

8,876,843,909

Net assets at end of period

$ 29,653,189,530

$ 33,739,051,146

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

Financial Highlights

Years Ended December 31,

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

Ratios to Average Net Assets and Supplemental Data

Net assets, end of period ($ millions)

29,653

33,739

8,877

9,931

9,812

Ratio of expenses before expense reductions (%)

.17

.17

.20

.21

.21

Ratio of expenses after expense reductions (%)

.13

.14

.18

.18

.18

Ratio of net investment income (%)

2.85

5.14

4.83

3.08

1.22

Total Return (%)a,b

2.81

5.31

4.97

3.15

1.26

a Total return would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced.
b Total return for the Portfolio was derived from the performance of Cash Reserves Fund Institutional.

Notes to Financial Statements

A. Significant Accounting Policies

Cash Management Portfolio (the ``Portfolio'') is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the ``1940 Act''), as an open-end management investment company organized as a New York business trust.

The Portfolio's financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America which require the use of management estimates. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The policies described below are followed consistently by the Portfolio in the preparation of its financial statements.

Security Valuation. The Portfolio's securities are valued utilizing the amortized cost method permitted in accordance with Rule 2a-7 under the 1940 Act and certain conditions therein. Under this method, which does not take into account unrealized capital gains or losses on securities, an instrument is initially valued at its cost and thereafter assumes a constant accretion/amortization rate to maturity of any discount or premium.

Investments in open-end investment companies are valued at their net asset value each business day.

The Fund adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, "Fair Value Measurements," effective at the beginning of the Portfolio's fiscal year. Disclosure about the classification of fair value measurements is included at the end of the Portfolio's Investment Portfolio.

Repurchase Agreements. The Portfolio may enter into repurchase agreements with certain banks and broker/dealers whereby the Portfolio, through its custodian or sub-custodian bank, receives delivery of the underlying securities, the amount of which at the time of purchase and each subsequent business day is required to be maintained at such a level that the value is equal to at least the principal amount of the repurchase price plus accrued interest. The custodian bank holds the collateral in a separate account until the agreement matures. If the value of the securities falls below the principal amount of the repurchase agreement plus accrued interest, the financial institution deposits additional collateral by the following business day. If the financial institution either fails to deposit the required additional collateral or fails to repurchase the securities as agreed, the Portfolio has the right to sell the securities and recover any resulting loss from the financial institution. If the financial institution enters into bankruptcy, the Portfolio's claims on the collateral may be subject to legal proceedings.

Federal Income Taxes. The Portfolio is considered a Partnership under the Internal Revenue Code, as amended. Therefore, no federal income tax provision is necessary.

It is intended that the Portfolio's assets, income and distributions will be managed in such a way that an investor in the Portfolio will be able to satisfy the requirements of Subchapter M of the Code, assuming that the investor invested all of its assets in the Portfolio.

The Portfolio has reviewed the tax positions for the open tax years as of December 31, 2008 and has determined that no provision for income tax is required in the Portfolio's financial statements. The Portfolio's federal tax returns for the prior three fiscal years remain subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service.

Contingencies. In the normal course of business, the Portfolio may enter into contracts with service providers that contain general indemnification clauses. The Portfolio's maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Portfolio that have not yet been made. However, based on experience, the Portfolio expects the risk of loss to be remote.

Other. Investment transactions are accounted for on trade date. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Distributions of income and capital gains from investment companies are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Realized gains and losses from investment transactions are recorded on an identified cost basis. All discounts and premiums are accreted/amortized for both tax and financial reporting purposes.

The Portfolio makes a daily allocation of its net investment income and realized gains and losses from securities transactions to its investors in proportion to their investment in the Portfolio.

B. Fees and Transactions with Affiliates

Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc. ("DIMA" or the "Advisor") is an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Deutsche Bank AG, and the Advisor for the master portfolio.

Under the Advisor Agreement, the Portfolio pays the Advisor a monthly advisory fee based on its average daily net assets, computed and accrued daily and payable monthly, at the following annual rates:

First $3.0 billion of the Portfolio's average daily net assets

.150%

Next $4.5 billion of such net assets

.133%

Over $7.5 billion of such net assets

.120%

For the period from January 1, 2008 through July 29, 2010, the Advisor has contractually agreed to reimburse or pay certain operating expenses at 0.15% of the Portfolio's average daily net assets (excluding certain expenses such as extraordinary expenses, taxes, brokerage and interest).

For the period from January 1, 2008 through February 4, 2008, the Advisor had voluntarily agreed to maintain total operating expenses at 0.11% of the Portfolio's average daily net assets (excluding certain expenses such as extraordinary expenses, taxes, brokerage and interest). For the period from February 5, 2008 through December 31, 2008, the Advisor has voluntarily agreed to maintain total operating expenses at 0.13% of its average daily net assets (excluding certain expenses such as extraordinary expenses, taxes, brokerage and interest). The amount of the waiver and whether the Advisor and Administrator waive a portion of its fee may vary at any time without notice to shareholders.

Accordingly, for the year ended December 31, 2008, the Portfolio incurred an advisory fee equivalent to the following annual effective rate of the Portfolio's average daily net assets:

 

Total Aggregated

Waived

Annual Effective Rate

Cash Management Portfolio

$ 40,442,627

$ 12,102,098

.09%

Administration Fee. Pursuant to an Administrative Services Agreement with the Advisor, the Advisor provides most administrative services to the Portfolio. For all services provided under the Administrative Services Agreement, the Portfolio pays the Advisor an annual fee ("Administration fee") of 0.03% of the Portfolio's average daily net assets, computed and accrued daily and payable monthly. For the year ended December 31, 2008, the Advisor received an Administration fee of $9,745,032, of which $730,622 is unpaid.

Trustees'/Directors' Fees and Expenses. The Portfolio paid each Trustee/Director not affiliated with the Advisor retainer fees plus specified amounts for various committee services and for the Board Chairperson and Vice Chairperson.

In connection with the Board consolidation on April 1, 2008, of the two DWS Portfolios' Boards of Trustees/Directors, certain Independent Board Members retired prior to their normal retirement date and received a one-time retirement benefit. DIMA has agreed to reimburse the Portfolios for the cost of this benefit. During the period ended December 31, 2008, the Portfolio paid its allocated portion of the retirement benefit of $182,019 to the non-continuing Independent Board Members, and the Portfolio was reimbursed by DIMA for this payment.

C. Fee Reductions

The Portfolio has entered into an arrangement with its custodian whereby credits realized as a result of uninvested cash balances are used to reduce a portion of the Portfolio's custodian expenses. During the year ended December 31, 2008, the Portfolio's custodian fee was reduced by $206,913 for custody credits earned.

D. Line of Credit

The Portfolio and other affiliated funds (the "Participants") share in a $490 million revolving credit facility provided by a syndication of banks. The Portfolio may borrow for temporary or emergency purposes, including the meeting of redemption requests that otherwise might require the untimely disposition of securities. The Participants are charged an annual commitment fee which is allocated based on net assets, among each of the Participants. Interest is calculated at the Federal Portfolios Rate plus 0.35 percent. The Portfolio may borrow up to a maximum of 5 percent of its net assets under the agreement.

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Trustees and Holders of Beneficial Interest of Cash Management Portfolio:

In our opinion, the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the portfolio of investments, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights presents fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Cash Management Portfolio (hereafter referred to as the ``Portfolio'') at December 31, 2008, and the results of its operations, the changes in its net assets and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated therein, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as ``financial statements'') are the responsibility of the Portfolio's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at December 31, 2008 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Boston, Massachusetts
February 25, 2009

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Other Information

Proxy Voting

The fund's policies and procedures for voting proxies for portfolio securities and information about how the fund's voted proxies related to its portfolio securities during the 12-month period ended June 30 are available on our Web site — www.dws-investments.com (click on "proxy voting"at the bottom of the page) — or on the SEC's Web site — www.sec.gov. To obtain a written copy of each fund's policies and procedures without charge, upon request, call us toll free at (800) 621-1048.

Portfolio of Investments

Following the fund's fiscal first and third quarter-end, a complete portfolio holdings listing is filed with the SEC on Form N-Q. The form will be available on the SEC's Web site at www.sec.gov, and it also may be reviewed and copied at the SEC's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information on the operation of the SEC's Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling (800) SEC-0330.

Investment Management Agreement Approval

The Fund, a series of Cash Reserve Fund, Inc., invests all of its assets in Cash Management Portfolio (the "Portfolio") in order to achieve its investment objectives. The Portfolio's Board of Directors (which is also the Board of Directors for the Fund), including the Independent Directors, approved the renewal of the Portfolio's investment management agreement (the "Portfolio Agreement") with Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc. ("DIMA") and the Fund's investment management agreement with DIMA (the "Fund Agreement," and together with the Portfolio Agreement, the "Agreements") in September 2008.

In terms of the process that the Board followed prior to approving the Agreements, shareholders should know that:

At the present time, all but one of the Portfolio's and Fund's Directors are independent of DIMA and its affiliates.

The Directors meet frequently to discuss fund matters. Each year, the Directors dedicate part or all of several meetings to contract review matters. Over the course of several months, the Board's Contract Committee, in coordination with the Board's Fixed Income and Quant Oversight Committee, reviewed comprehensive materials received from DIMA, independent third parties and independent counsel. These materials included an analysis of the Fund's performance, fees and expenses, and profitability compiled by the Fund's independent fee consultant. The Board also received extensive information throughout the year regarding performance of the Fund.

The Directors regularly meet privately with their independent counsel (and, as needed, other advisors) to discuss contract review and other matters. In addition, the Directors were also advised by the Fund's independent fee consultant in the course of their review of the Portfolio's and the Fund's contractual arrangements and considered a comprehensive report prepared by the independent fee consultant in connection with their deliberations (the "IFC Report").

In connection with reviewing the Agreements, the Board also reviewed the terms of the Fund's distribution agreement, administrative services agreement, transfer agency agreement and other material service agreements.

Based on its evaluation of the information provided, the Contract Committee presented its findings and recommendations to the Independent Directors as a group. The Independent Directors reviewed the Contract Committee's findings and recommendations and presented their recommendations to the full Board.

In connection with the contract review process, the Contract Committee and the Board considered the factors discussed below, among others. The Board also considered that DIMA and its predecessors have managed the Fund since its inception, and the Board believes that a long-term relationship with a capable, conscientious advisor is in the best interests of the Fund. The Board considered, generally, that shareholders chose to invest or remain invested in the Fund knowing that DIMA managed the Fund. DIMA is part of Deutsche Bank, a major global banking institution that is engaged in a wide range of financial services. The Board believes that there are significant advantages to being part of a global asset management business that offers a wide range of investing expertise and resources, including hundreds of portfolio managers and analysts with research capabilities in many countries throughout the world.

While shareholders may focus primarily on fund performance and fees, the Board considers these and many other factors, including the quality and integrity of DIMA's personnel and such other issues as back-office operations, fund valuations, and compliance policies and procedures.

Nature, Quality and Extent of Services. The Board considered the terms of the Agreements, including the scope of advisory services provided under the Agreements. The Board noted that, under the Agreements, DIMA provides portfolio management services to the Fund and that, pursuant to separate administrative services agreements, DIMA provides administrative services to the Fund and the Portfolio. The Board considered the experience and skills of senior management and investment personnel, the resources made available to such personnel, the ability of DIMA to attract and retain high-quality personnel, and the organizational depth and stability of DIMA. The Board reviewed the Fund's performance over short-term and long-term periods and compared those returns to various agreed-upon performance measures, including market indices and a peer universe compiled by the independent fee consultant using information supplied by iMoneyNet ("iMoneyNet"). The Board also noted that it has put a process into place of identifying "Focus Funds" (e.g., funds performing poorly relative to their benchmark or a peer group compiled by Lipper), and receives more frequent reporting and information from DIMA regarding such funds, along with DIMA's remedial plans to address underperformance. The Board believes this process is an effective manner of identifying and addressing underperforming funds. Based on the information provided, the Board noted that for each of the one-, three- and five-year periods ended December 31, 2007, the Fund's performance (Prime Series shares) was in the 2nd quartile of the applicable iMoneyNet universe (the 1st quartile being the best performers and the 4th quartile being the worst performers). The Board also observed that the Fund has outperformed its benchmark in each of the one-, three- and five-year periods ended December 31, 2007. The Board recognized that DIMA has made significant changes in its investment personnel and processes in recent years in an effort to improve long-term performance.

On the basis of this evaluation and the ongoing review of investment results by the Board, the Board concluded that the nature, quality and extent of services provided by DIMA historically have been and continue to be satisfactory.

Fees and Expenses. The Board considered the Portfolio's investment management fee schedule, operating expenses, and total expense ratios, and comparative information provided by Lipper and the independent fee consultant regarding investment management fee rates paid to other investment advisors by similar funds (1st quartile being the most favorable and 4th quartile being the least favorable). With respect to management fees paid to other investment advisors by similar funds, the Board noted that the contractual fee rates paid by the Portfolio, which include the 0.10% fee paid to DIMA under the Fund's administrative services agreement, were lower than the median (1st quartile) of the applicable Lipper peer group (based on Lipper data provided as of December 31, 2007). The Board noted that, although shareholders of the Fund indirectly bear the Portfolio's management fee, the Fund does not charge an additional investment management fee. The Board noted that the aggregate total (net) operating expenses (excluding 12b-1 fees and/or separate administrative fees) of the Fund and the Portfolio were expected to be in the following quartiles of the applicable Lipper expense universe: the 3rd quartile for Prime Series shares and the 3rd quartile for Prime Institutional shares. The Board considered the Portfolio's management fee rate as compared to fees charged by DIMA and certain of its affiliates for comparable mutual funds and considered differences in fund and fee structures between the DWS Funds. The Board also considered how the Fund's and the Portfolio's combined total (net) operating expenses compared to the total (net) operating expenses of a more customized peer group selected by Lipper (based on such factors as asset size). The Board also noted that the expense limitations agreed to by DIMA helped to ensure that the Fund's and the Portfolio's combined total (net) operating expenses would be competitive relative to the applicable Lipper universe.

On the basis of the information provided, the Board concluded that management fees were reasonable and appropriate in light of the nature, quality and extent of services provided by DIMA.

Profitability. The Board reviewed detailed information regarding revenues received by DIMA under the Portfolio Agreement. The Board considered the estimated costs and pre-tax profits realized by DIMA from advising the DWS Funds, as well as estimates of the pre-tax profits attributable to managing the Fund in particular. The Board also received information regarding the estimated enterprise-wide profitability of the DWS Investments organization with respect to all fund services in totality and by fund. The Board reviewed DIMA's methodology in allocating its costs to the management of the Fund. Based on the information provided, the Board concluded that the pre-tax profits realized by DIMA in connection with the management of the Fund were not unreasonable. The Board also reviewed information regarding the profitability of certain similar investment management firms. The Board noted that while information regarding the profitability of such firms is limited (and in some cases is not necessarily prepared on a comparable basis), DIMA and its affiliates' overall profitability with respect to the DWS Investments fund complex (after taking into account distribution and other services provided to the funds by DIMA and its affiliates) was lower than the overall profitability levels of many comparable firms for which such data was available.

Economies of Scale. The Board considered whether there are economies of scale with respect to the management of the Fund and whether the Fund benefits from any economies of scale. The Board concluded that the Fund's and the Portfolio's fee schedules represent an appropriate sharing between the Fund and the Portfolio, as the case may be, and DIMA of such economies of scale as may exist in the management of the Fund and the Portfolio at current asset levels.

Other Benefits to DIMA and Its Affiliates. The Board also considered the character and amount of other incidental benefits received by DIMA and its affiliates, including any fees received by DIMA for administrative services provided to the Fund and any fees received by an affiliate of DIMA for distribution services. The Board also considered benefits to DIMA related to brokerage and soft-dollar allocations, including allocating brokerage to pay for research generated by parties other than the executing broker dealers, which pertain primarily to funds investing in equity securities, along with the incidental public relations benefits to DIMA related to DWS Funds advertising and cross-selling opportunities among DWS Investments products and services. The Board concluded that management fees were reasonable in light of these fallout benefits.

Compliance. The Board considered the significant attention and resources dedicated by DIMA to documenting and enhancing its compliance processes in recent years. The Board noted in particular (i) the experience and seniority of DIMA's chief compliance officer; (ii) the large number of compliance personnel who report to DIMA's chief compliance officer; and (iii) the substantial commitment of resources by DIMA and its affiliates to compliance matters.

Based on all of the information considered and the conclusions reached, the Board (including a majority of the Independent Directors) determined that the continuation of the Agreements is in the best interests of the Fund and the Portfolio. In making this determination the Board did not give particular weight to any single factor identified above. The Board considered these factors over the course of numerous meetings, certain of which were in executive session with only the Independent Directors and their counsel present. It is possible that individual Directors may have weighed these factors differently in reaching their individual decisions to approve the continuation of the Agreements.

Summary of Management Fee Evaluation by Independent Fee Consultant

October 24, 2008

Pursuant to an Order entered into by Deutsche Investment Management Americas and affiliates (collectively, "DeAM") with the Attorney General of New York, I, Thomas H. Mack, have been appointed the Independent Fee Consultant for the DWS Funds (formerly the DWS Scudder Funds). My duties include preparing an annual written evaluation of the management fees DeAM charges the Funds, considering among other factors the management fees charged by other mutual fund companies for like services, management fees DeAM charges other clients for like services, DeAM's costs of supplying services under the management agreements and related profit margins, possible economies of scale if a Fund grows larger, and the nature and quality of DeAM's services, including fund performance. This report summarizes my evaluation for 2008, including my qualifications, the evaluation process for each of the DWS Funds, consideration of certain complex-level factors, and my conclusions. I served in substantially the same capacity in 2007.

Qualifications

For more than 35 years I have served in various professional capacities within the investment management business. I have held investment analysis and advisory positions, including securities analyst, portfolio strategist and director of investment policy with a large investment firm. I have also performed business management functions, including business development, financial management and marketing research and analysis.

Since 1991, I have been an independent consultant within the asset management industry. I have provided services to over 125 client organizations, including investment managers, mutual fund boards, product distributors and related organizations. Over the past ten years I have completed a number of assignments for mutual fund boards, specifically including assisting boards with management contract renewal.

I hold a Master of Business Administration degree, with highest honors, from Harvard University and Master of Science and Bachelor of Science (highest honors) degrees from the University of California at Berkeley. I am an independent director and audit committee financial expert for two closed-end mutual funds, serve on the board of directors of a private market research company, and have served in various leadership and financial oversight capacities with non-profit organizations.

Evaluation of Fees for each DWS Fund

My work focused primarily on evaluating, fund-by-fund, the fees charged to each of the 129 Fund portfolios in the DWS Fund family. For each Fund, I considered each of the key factors mentioned above, as well as any other relevant information. In doing so I worked closely with the Funds' Independent Directors in their annual contract renewal process, as well as in their approval of contracts for several new funds (documented separately).

In evaluating each Fund's fees, I reviewed comprehensive materials provided by or on behalf of DeAM, including expense information prepared by Lipper Analytical, comparative performance information, profitability data, manager histories, and other materials. I also accessed certain additional information from the Lipper, Strategic Insight, and Morningstar databases and drew on my industry knowledge and experience.

To facilitate evaluating this considerable body of information, I prepared for each Fund a document summarizing the key data elements in each area as well as additional analytics discussed below. This made it possible to consider each key data element in the context of the others.

In the course of contract renewal, DeAM agreed to implement a number of fee and expense adjustments requested by the Independent Directors which will favorably impact future fees and expenses, and my evaluation includes the effects of these changes.

Fees and Expenses Compared with Other Funds

The competitive fee and expense evaluation for each fund focused on two primary comparisons:

The Fund's contractual management fee (the advisory fee plus the administration fee where applicable) compared with those of a group of typically 12-15 funds in the same Lipper investment category (e.g. Large Capitalization Growth) having similar distribution arrangements and being of similar size.

The Fund's total expenses compared with a broader universe of funds from the same Lipper investment category and having similar distribution arrangements.

These two comparisons provide a view of not only the level of the fee compared with funds of similar scale but also the total expense the Fund bears for all the services it receives, in comparison with the investment choices available in the Fund's investment category and distribution channel. The principal figure-of-merit used in these comparisons was the subject Fund's percentile ranking against peers.

DeAM's Fees for Similar Services to Others

DeAM provided management fee schedules for all of its US domiciled fund and non-fund investment management accounts in any of the investment categories where there is a DWS Fund. These similar products included the other DWS Funds, non-fund pooled accounts, institutional accounts and sub-advisory accounts. Using this information, I calculated for each Fund the fee that would be charged to each similar product, at the subject Fund's asset level.

Evaluating information regarding non-fund products is difficult because there are varying levels of services required for different types of accounts, with mutual funds generally requiring considerably more regulatory and administrative types of service as well as having more frequent cash flows than other types of accounts. Also, while mutual fund fees for similar fund products can be expected to be similar, there will be some differences due to different pricing conditions in different distribution channels (e.g. retail funds versus those used in variable insurance products), differences in underlying investment processes and other factors.

Costs and Profit Margins

DeAM provided a detailed profitability analysis for each Fund. After making some adjustments so that the presentation would be more comparable to the available industry figures, I reviewed profit margins from investment management alone, from investment management plus other fund services (excluding distribution) provided to the Funds by DeAM (principally shareholder services), and DeAM profits from all sources, including distribution. A later section comments on overall profitability.

Economies of Scale

Economies of scale — an expected decline in management cost per dollar of fund assets as fund assets grow — are very rarely quantified and documented because of inherent difficulties in collecting and analyzing relevant data. However, in virtually every investment category that I reviewed, larger funds tend to have lower fees and lower total expenses than smaller funds. To see how each DWS Fund compares with this industry observation, I reviewed:

The trend in Fund assets over the last five years and the accompanying trend in total expenses. This shows if the Fund has grown and, if so, whether total expense (management fees as well as other expenses) have declined as a percent of assets.

Whether the Fund has break-points in its management fee schedule, the extent of the fee reduction built into the schedule and the asset levels where the breaks take effect, and in the case of a sub-advised Fund how the Fund's break-points compare with those of the sub-advisory fee schedule.

How the Fund's contractual fee schedule compares with trends in the industry data. To accomplish this, I constructed a chart showing how actual latest-fiscal-year contractual fees of the Fund and of other similar funds relate to average fund assets, with the subject Fund's contractual fee schedule superimposed.

Quality of Service — Performance

The quality-of-service evaluation focused on investment performance, which is the principal result of the investment management service. Each Fund's performance was reviewed over the past 1, 3, 5 and 10 years, as applicable, and compared with that of other funds in the same investment category and with a suitable market index.

In addition, I calculated and reviewed risk-adjusted returns relative to an index of similar mutual funds' returns and a suitable market index. The risk-adjusted returns analysis provides a way of determining the extent to which the Fund's return comparisons are mainly the product of investment value-added (or lack thereof) or alternatively taking considerably more or less risk than is typical in its investment category.

I also received and considered the history of portfolio manager changes for each Fund, as this provided an important context for evaluating the performance results.

Complex-Level Considerations

While this evaluation was conducted mainly at the individual fund level, there are some issues relating to the reasonableness of fees that can alternatively be considered across the whole fund complex:

I reviewed DeAM's profitability analysis for all DWS Funds, with a view toward determining if the allocation procedures used were reasonable and how profit levels compared with public data for other investment managers.

I considered whether DeAM and affiliates receive any significant ancillary or "fall-out" benefits that should be considered in interpreting the direct profitability results. These would be situations where serving as the investment manager of the Funds is beneficial to another part of the Deutsche Bank organization.

I considered how aggregated DWS Fund expenses had varied over the years, by asset class and in the context of trends in asset levels.

I reviewed the structure of the DeAM organization, trends in staffing levels, and information on compensation of investment management and other professionals compared with industry data.

Findings

Based on the process and analysis discussed above, which included reviewing a wide range of information from management and external data sources and considering among other factors the fees DeAM charges other clients, the fees charged by other fund managers, DeAM's costs and profits associated with managing the Funds, economies of scale, possible fall-out benefits, and the nature and quality of services provided, in my opinion the management fees charged the DWS Funds are reasonable.

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Summary of Administrative Fee Evaluation by Independent Fee Consultant

September 29, 2008

Pursuant to an Order entered into by Deutsche Asset Management (DeAM) with the Attorney General of New York, I, Thomas H. Mack, have been appointed the Independent Fee Consultant for the DWS Funds and have as part of my duties evaluated the reasonableness of the proposed management fees to be charged by DeAM to the DWS Funds, taking onto account a proposal to pass through to the funds certain fund accounting-related charges in connection with new regulatory requirements. My evaluation considered the following:

While the proposal would alter the services to be provided under the Administration Agreement, which I consider to be part of fund management under the Order, it is my opinion that the change in services is slight and that the scope of prospective services under the combination of the Advisory and Administration Agreements continues to be comparable with those typically provided to competitive funds under their management agreements.

While the proposal would increase fund expenses, according to a pro forma analysis performed by management, the prospective effect is less than .01% for all but seven of the DeAM Funds' 438 active share classes, and in all cases the effect is less than .03% and overall expenses would remain reasonable in my opinion.

Based on the foregoing considerations, in my opinion the fees and expenses for all of the DWS Funds will remain reasonable if the Directors adopt this proposal.

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Notes

Notes

Notes

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ITEM 2.

CODE OF ETHICS

 

 

 

As of the end of the period, December 31, 2008, Cash Management Portfolio has a code of ethics, as defined in Item 2 of Form N-CSR, that applies to its Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer.

 

There have been no amendments to, or waivers from, a provision of the code of ethics during the period covered by this report that would require disclosure under Item 2.

 

A copy of the code of ethics is filed as an exhibit to this Form N-CSR.

 

 

 

ITEM 3.

AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT

 

 

 

The Funds’ audit committee is comprised solely of trustees who are “independent” (as such term has been defined by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) in regulations implementing Section 407 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (the “Regulations”)). The Funds’ Board of Trustees has determined that there are several “audit committee financial experts” (as such term has been defined by the Regulations) serving on the Funds’ audit committee including Mr. William McClayton, the chair of the Funds’ audit committee. The SEC has stated that an audit committee financial expert is not an “expert” for any purpose, including for purposes of Section 11 of the Securities Act of 1933 and the designation or identification of a person as an audit committee financial expert pursuant to this Item 3 of Form N-CSR does not impose on such person any duties, obligations or liability that are greater than the duties, obligations and liability imposed on such person as a member of the audit committee and board of directors in the absence of such designation or identification.

 

 

ITEM 4.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES

 

 

 

CASH MANAGEMENT PORTFOLIO

FORM N-CSR DISCLOSURE RE: AUDIT FEES

The following table shows the amount of fees that PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP (“PWC”), the Fund’s independent registered public accounting firm, billed to the Fund during the Fund’s last two fiscal years. The Audit Committee approved in advance all audit services and non-audit services that PWC provided to the Fund.

The Audit Committee has delegated certain pre-approval responsibilities to its Chairman (or, in his absence, any other member of the Audit Committee).

Services that the Fund’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Billed to the Fund

 

Fiscal Year
Ended
December 31,

Audit Fees Billed to Fund

Audit-Related
Fees Billed to Fund

Tax Fees Billed to Fund

All
Other Fees Billed to Fund

2008

$54,525

$0

$0

$0

2007

$54,225

$0

$0

$0

 

 

Services that the Fund’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Billed to the Adviser and Affiliated Fund Service Providers

The following table shows the amount of fees billed by PWC to Deutsche Investment Management Americas, Inc. (“DeIM” or the “Adviser”), and any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with DeIM (“Control Affiliate”) that provides ongoing services to the Fund (“Affiliated Fund Service Provider”), for engagements directly related to the Fund’s operations and financial reporting, during the Fund’s last two fiscal years.

 

Fiscal Year
December 31,

Audit-Related
Fees Billed to Adviser and Affiliated Fund Service Providers

Tax Fees Billed to Adviser and Affiliated Fund Service Providers

All
Other Fees Billed to Adviser and Affiliated Fund Service Providers

2008

$0

$19,000

$0

2007

$58,500

$25,000

$0

 

The “Audit-Related Fees” were billed for services in connection with the agreed-upon procedures related to fund mergers and the above “Tax Fees” were billed in connection with tax consultation and agreed-upon procedures.

Non-Audit Services

The following table shows the amount of fees that PWC billed during the Fund’s last two fiscal years for non-audit services. The Audit Committee pre-approved all non-audit services that PWC provided to the Adviser and any Affiliated Fund Service Provider that related directly to the Fund’s operations and financial reporting. The Audit Committee requested and received information from PWC about any non-audit services that PWC rendered during the Fund’s last fiscal year to the Adviser and any Affiliated Fund Service Provider. The Committee considered this information in evaluating PWC’s independence.

 

 

Fiscal Year
Ended
December 31,

Total
Non-Audit Fees Billed to Fund

(A)

Total Non-Audit Fees billed to Adviser and Affiliated Fund Service Providers (engagements related directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Fund)

(B)

Total Non-Audit Fees billed to Adviser and Affiliated Fund Service Providers (all other engagements)

(C)

Total of (A), (B)

and (C)

2008

$0

$19,000

$0

$19,000

2007

$0

$25,000

$600,000

$625,000

 

 

All other engagement fees were billed for services provided by PWC for services related to consulting on an IT project.

 

***

 

PwC advised the Fund's Audit Committee that PwC has identified two matters that it determined to be inconsistent with the SEC's auditor independence rules. In the first instance, an employee of PwC had power of attorney over an account which included DWS funds. The employee did not perform any audit services for the DWS Funds, but did work on a non audit project for Deutsche Bank AG. In the second instance, an employee of PwC served as a nominee shareholder (effectively equivalent to a Trustee) of various companies/trusts since 2001. Some of these companies held shares of Aberdeen, a sub advisor to certain DWS Funds, and of certain funds sponsored by subsidiaries of Deutsche Bank AG. The trustee relationship has ceased. PwC informed the Audit Committee that these matters could have constituted an investment in an affiliate of an audit client in violation of the Rule 2-01(c)(1) of Regulation S-X. PwC advised the Audit Committee that PwC believes its independence had not been impacted as it related to the audits of the Fund. In reaching this conclusion, PwC noted that during the time of its audit, the engagement team was not aware of the investment and that PwC does not believe these situations affected PwC's ability to act objectively and impartially and to issue a report on financial statements as the funds' independent auditor.

 

 

 

 

ITEM 5.

AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS

 

 

 

Not Applicable

 

 

ITEM 6.

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

 

 

 

Not Applicable

 

 

ITEM 7.

DISCLOSURE OF PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

 

 

 

Not applicable.

 

 

ITEM 8.

PORTFOLIO MANAGERS OF CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

 

 

 

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 9.

PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS

 

 

 

Not Applicable.

 

ITEM 10.

SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

 

 

 

The primary function of the Nominating and Governance Committee is to identify and recommend individuals for membership on the Board and oversee the administration of the Board Governance Guidelines. Shareholders may recommend candidates for Board positions by forwarding their correspondence by U.S. mail or courier service to Chairman of the Board, P.O. Box 100176, Cape Coral, FL 33910.

 

 

 

 

 

ITEM 11.

CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

 

 

(a)          The Chief Executive and Financial Officers concluded that the Registrant’s Disclosure Controls and Procedures are effective based on the evaluation of the Disclosure Controls and Procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report.

 

 

 

(b)          There have been no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting.

 

 

ITEM 12.

EXHIBITS

 

 

 

(a)(1)     Code of Ethics pursuant to Item 2 of Form N-CSR is filed and attached hereto as EX-99.CODE ETH.

 

 

 

(a)(2)     Certification pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)) is filed and attached hereto as Exhibit 99.CERT.

 

 

 

(b)         Certification pursuant to Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-2(b)) is furnished and attached hereto as Exhibit 99.906CERT.

 

 

 


Form N-CSR Item F

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

Registrant:

Cash Management Portfolio

 

By:

/s/Michael G. Clark

 

Michael G. Clark

President

 

Date:

March 2, 2009

 

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Registrant:

Cash Management Portfolio

 

By:

/s/Michael G. Clark

 

Michael G. Clark

President

 

Date:

March 2, 2009

 

 

By:

/s/Paul Schubert

 

Paul Schubert

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

Date:                                        March 2, 2009